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The Oscars, also called the Academy Awards, is the annual ceremony where the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences hands out awards honoring the best in American film for that year. The dozens of prizes include the awards for best motion picture, best director, best actor and actress, and best supporting actor and actress .

Receiving an Oscar represents the top of the mountain for any aspirant filmmaker, actor, or director. There are your Golden Globes and SAGs, but there is only one Oscar. The history of the Oscars reads like a veritable who's who of Hollywood royalty.

Each year millions of viewers tune in to watch the nationally televised Oscars show, drawing some of the years biggest television ratings. Many tune in to see the Hollywood celebrities on the red carpet — and who is wearing or saying what — as they do to cheer on their favorite movies and actors. You never know quite what to expect, hence the mass appeal of Hollywood's biggest night.

In the blogosphere, the Oscars are also a very big deal. Some bloggers will log their awards predictions, while others follow the action at the parties.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “oscars”

• in Film
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  by monstrmac1 / on Feb 4, 2012
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  by lisasepiphany / on Jan 25, 2012
• in Film
  "War Horse", Not About War But Life
  Truthfully, can a horse win the best actor award in the Oscars?
  by stephengfm / on Dec 8, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “oscars”

 

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• You’ve Got to Be Kidding Me – Oscar Voters

  
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  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 166
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk Fifteen Oscars statuettes to be auctioned Fifteen Oscar statuettes are to be auctioned off next week in what organisers said is the largest collection of Academy Awards ever to go under the hammer. published date:Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:30:34 GMT
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• Amber Heard: Montblanc ‘Vanity Fair’ Party Style

  
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• Curio: Oscar Unsheets, a Final Roundup

  
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• Oscar Week: In Defense of "The Help" [Grierson & Leitch]

  
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• Who Are The Oscar Voters?

  
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• Oscar Week: In Defense Of The Help [Grierson & Leitch]

  
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• OSCARS: Will Ferrell & Zach Galifianakis Named Presenters

  
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• Oscar Watch: Will the Real Will Please Stand Up?

  
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